Increase of 56 COVID-19 deaths and 2,611 new cases reported in Ohio in last 24 hours

Increase of 56 COVID-19 deaths and 2,611 new cases reported in Ohio in last 24 hours
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By Avery Williams | February 20, 2021 at 1:57 PM EST - Updated February 20 at 7:13 PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - As of Saturday, the Department of Health reported 16,749 Ohioans have died from the coronavirus with at least 952,306 cases statewide since the start of the pandemic.

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Gov. Mike DeWine did not schedule a COVID-19 briefing on Saturday afternoon.

The 24-hour increase of 2,611 reported cases is a cumulative of all positive test results as a lagging indicator the Ohio Department of Health received on Saturday; not a total number of new infections reported in a single day.

Also, 56 new deaths were included in the daily totals. The state is continuing to reconcile death statistics due to a previous underreporting problem.

“The Bureau of Infectious Disease and the Bureau of Vital Statistics continue to reconcile death data. This process is ongoing as the teams complete a deep review of the data. This review will result in some fluctuations in death numbers moving forward.”

An additional 133,312 total cases and 2,501 deaths are presumed to be linked to COVID-19 under the CDC expanded definitions and included in the Ohio Department of Health’s reporting.

Out of the 49,317 total hospitalizations reported on Saturday, at least 7,023 individuals were admitted to intensive care units.

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